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riot police in kuwait have used teargas and stu n in kuwait have used teargas and stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of pro—democracy demonstrators. at least 15 people we re demonstrators. at least 15 people were arrested as protesters gathered to march towards government headquarters. they took to the streets after the kuwaiti administration announced changes to electoral law, which the opposition claim amount to a constitutional coup. hundreds of libyans are fleeing wylye valley in —— money one leader. bani walid. eggs and polls suggest the national as government are to win in spain. exit polls in another region. to the ruling centre—right people's party holding on to the majority. these are a key test for prime minister mariano rajoy. fidel castro is alive and in good health — according to the venezuelan former vice—president who said he met him on saturday. to prove it, he held a photograph. the photograph shows fidel castro smiling. they have been fears speculations about fidel castro. some people have claimed he was close to death. it is so hard to know. when you
riot police in kuwait have used teargas and stu n in kuwait have used teargas and stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of pro—democracy demonstrators. at least 15 people we re demonstrators. at least 15 people were arrested as protesters gathered to march towards government headquarters. they took to the streets after the kuwaiti administration announced changes to electoral law, which the opposition claim amount to a constitutional coup. hundreds of libyans are fleeing wylye valley in...
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it's use, baby, use. we've got a phenomenal disconnect between what the political parties are saying about oil and gas reserves and what the reality may be. when i hear president obama talking about energy, he always mentioned we can't solve the problem of high gasoline prices by drilling for oil in the country. he is saying we can only hope long term, through conservation, solar, win and other renewables we can bring down the cost of energy. when i hear republicans talk, they put it squarely on the unwillingness for drilling on federal lands. we would somehow induce pricing to come down enough, well, let's just say they believe there is enough oil there to affect pricing, both sides are totally wrong. the president's wrong when he says we can't bring down the price of oil short-term, because we could we just need to use more natural gas as an alternative for cars, sur vase fulds. for trucks, the most natural gas in the world. cheap. it can offset pricey diesel, currently preferred fuel for trucks, a quar
it's use, baby, use. we've got a phenomenal disconnect between what the political parties are saying about oil and gas reserves and what the reality may be. when i hear president obama talking about energy, he always mentioned we can't solve the problem of high gasoline prices by drilling for oil in the country. he is saying we can only hope long term, through conservation, solar, win and other renewables we can bring down the cost of energy. when i hear republicans talk, they put it squarely...
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why can't proum use the same rule of thumb now? art laffer joins us. he co-wrote this op ed along with our pal steve moore. there it is. in your piece, you mentioned that president obama has been bragging that he's the lowest spender in 60 years. you say it's bill clinton. who is right? >> well, bill clinton was great on spending throughout the full eight years in his office. i pleen, as you know, i supported clinton in both terms and he cut spending a lot and frankly as a result of getting out of the way and bringing government out of there, we had one of the biggest booms in all history. bill clinton did a great job as president. he cut tax rates as well on capital gains, cut them on elderly workers. he cut tax rates in his first two years of office. he was spectacular all the way through. i think he was a great president. >> is obama a hero or a goat? and what about george bush? is he a hero or a goat? >> well, let me just tell you. that obam in during all the years of george bush's big increase in spending, which were george bush's last two years i
why can't proum use the same rule of thumb now? art laffer joins us. he co-wrote this op ed along with our pal steve moore. there it is. in your piece, you mentioned that president obama has been bragging that he's the lowest spender in 60 years. you say it's bill clinton. who is right? >> well, bill clinton was great on spending throughout the full eight years in his office. i pleen, as you know, i supported clinton in both terms and he cut spending a lot and frankly as a result of...
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they'll have to bail us out. they can't live with another lehman brothers, they can't live with another depression. >> brad, that's ultimately our fault. if we make it very clear, you don't get a bailout, you engage in dumb acts, the market actually raises your cost of capital, creating a competitive edge for those companies that are managing -- >> we have can -- >> well, with hang on a second -- >> we haven't convinced to the markets that we shouwill say no. we should have said no last time. >> bill, right now you have this void. the federal reserve has said that the volcker rule for proprietary trading, banks making investments with their own money, as this was, this loss in london was a bad job of hedging corporate's bonds, which was the house's money. the bank's own money and they screwed up the hedging. and jamie dimon has said that. jamie has said, it was basically stupid. but the trouble is, stupid right now is legal, because the volcker rule still hasn't been nailed down. the fed says we've got two more y
they'll have to bail us out. they can't live with another lehman brothers, they can't live with another depression. >> brad, that's ultimately our fault. if we make it very clear, you don't get a bailout, you engage in dumb acts, the market actually raises your cost of capital, creating a competitive edge for those companies that are managing -- >> we have can -- >> well, with hang on a second -- >> we haven't convinced to the markets that we shouwill say no. we should...
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stay with us. we got to talk about the meeting why you didn't create the business, i want to ask you about how is it possible obama is gutting welfare reform which was your great contribution along with clinton, probably the greatest social policy change in 50 years. folks don't forget we'll get your questions on the air to ne. tweet us at #asknewt. u.s. economy took a turn for the worse today. this presidential election is a referendum on america's economic health and our country's future standing in the world. you need a strong economy to promote a strong defense and national security. later in the show the dow soars past 13,000, on signs that european leaders seem to be getting their act together to take action to bail out their comrades. free market capitalism best path to prosperity our guest newt gingrich is a great example. i'm larry kudlow, we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big spla
stay with us. we got to talk about the meeting why you didn't create the business, i want to ask you about how is it possible obama is gutting welfare reform which was your great contribution along with clinton, probably the greatest social policy change in 50 years. folks don't forget we'll get your questions on the air to ne. tweet us at #asknewt. u.s. economy took a turn for the worse today. this presidential election is a referendum on america's economic health and our country's future...
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let us bring in rocky, one of your tweets got us talking today, what did people answer? >> people said take the bullet, i would stay away from either stock but i would take nokia if i had to. phone companies are not going anywhere. >> some people said you choose -- they're being facetious, who do you see as having a brighter future, really? >> i think nokia has the brighter future, they have microsoft as their sugar daddy and they have shown they will throw billions at a problem. and they will keep at it and every give up, so having micro soft on your side is a good thing, and they have a phone that's pretty good. for the principal hardware, it's a beautiful device. windows as an operating system just doesn't have the as. >> i think you called microsoft a sugar daddy, how long does that last? how much money with they throw at this? >> i this micro solve will throw billions at this. they want to win in mobile. they have shownpropensity to do it in the past. i think this is a very hard task for them. >> we have to leave it there. rocky, we'll see you soon. kayla tausche wi
let us bring in rocky, one of your tweets got us talking today, what did people answer? >> people said take the bullet, i would stay away from either stock but i would take nokia if i had to. phone companies are not going anywhere. >> some people said you choose -- they're being facetious, who do you see as having a brighter future, really? >> i think nokia has the brighter future, they have microsoft as their sugar daddy and they have shown they will throw billions at a...
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thanks for being with us. next week michael lewis. join us for that. each week keep it here where wall street meets main street. have a great week. i'll see you again next weekend.
thanks for being with us. next week michael lewis. join us for that. each week keep it here where wall street meets main street. have a great week. i'll see you again next weekend.
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see, you can't use examples like that. the one i like is lieutenant governor massachusetts murray who said i was driving near the speed limit. he was going 100 without his seat belt. you can't use -- what you're losing here is a little bit of freedom. freedom dies a thousand deaths. you make this information available and prosecutors and law enforcement and without rules, by the way, there aren't any guidelines here. and they will take advantage of it. >> what about -- lawsuits, lawyers, you got federal regulators. i mean look, we have it in airplanes. why shouldn't we have it in cars? i probably have one in my suv. i don't even know. i don't even care. it doesn't infringe on my personal liberty. >> but see it might. right now the car companies put them in 90% of the cars roughly. but they're even warning about the regulations here. the great regulatory industrial complex reaching out for more information about people. >> you mean beyond this. >> yes. >> what kind of information? >> you know, they record atmospherics, reco
see, you can't use examples like that. the one i like is lieutenant governor massachusetts murray who said i was driving near the speed limit. he was going 100 without his seat belt. you can't use -- what you're losing here is a little bit of freedom. freedom dies a thousand deaths. you make this information available and prosecutors and law enforcement and without rules, by the way, there aren't any guidelines here. and they will take advantage of it. >> what about -- lawsuits, lawyers,...
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sanctions are upon us. it's factored in the market. >> andy, you didn't mention any of the quantity today ty easing. do you think it's a coincidence that they don't announce qe-3 and oil starts dropping $5 at a whack? don't you think if they announced qe-3 people would be thinking about the weaker dollar and more expensive oil? looks like it's totally related. >> it has been. no doubt that the stronger dollar has contributed to the lower oil prices and had the markets seen weaker dollar ahead, we'd see a stop in the slide. >> all right. andy, thanks. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> up next, where's the leadership? america is at the edge of a fiscal cliff. nobody is budging in washington. former clinton council lanny davis and michael steele are ready to change the game. >> let's hope. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have cl
sanctions are upon us. it's factored in the market. >> andy, you didn't mention any of the quantity today ty easing. do you think it's a coincidence that they don't announce qe-3 and oil starts dropping $5 at a whack? don't you think if they announced qe-3 people would be thinking about the weaker dollar and more expensive oil? looks like it's totally related. >> it has been. no doubt that the stronger dollar has contributed to the lower oil prices and had the markets seen weaker...
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please stay with us. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. one woman, one powerful savings tool, one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right price. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. ready, aim, save! grrr! ooh, i forgot my phone! the "name your price" tool. now available on your phone. get a free quote today. i heard they found energy here. it's good. we need the jobs. [customer:] we need to protect the environment. [worker:] we could do both. is that possible? [announcer:] at conocophillips, we're helping power america's economy with cleaner, affordable natural gas. more jobs. less emissions. a good answer for everyone. well, if it's cleaner and affordable. as long as we keep these safe. there yo
please stay with us. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. one woman, one powerful savings tool, one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right price....
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you gave us the cue of a huge number of doctors who have now prepped botox for migraine use. why is that a great forward indicator? >> absolutely. first of all, there's roughly 10,000 neurologists in the united states. we have trained 4,600 individual doctors. some have, in fact gone through multiple trainings, and beyond that being a real indicator of use, we've also made available tremendous access for patients because now no less than 88% of managed care will pay for botox when you have 15 or more headache days per month. i've reassured people throughout the year things are just moving along. call it green lights following green lights. >> again you were asked about product launches that matter. surprising these add-ons don't want to call out things that are great in the pipe. i've tried to put them in words that our investors could feel. larger overactive bladder indication for 2013. and second, this is one you've got to explain to me because i don't take the stuff, you think valuma could be huge. >> well, already starting with urology, we got the approval for the so-call
you gave us the cue of a huge number of doctors who have now prepped botox for migraine use. why is that a great forward indicator? >> absolutely. first of all, there's roughly 10,000 neurologists in the united states. we have trained 4,600 individual doctors. some have, in fact gone through multiple trainings, and beyond that being a real indicator of use, we've also made available tremendous access for patients because now no less than 88% of managed care will pay for botox when you...
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>> exactly. >> help me. >> help us help you help us. thank you for helping, steve. >> my pleasure. >> that clears sthings things up. not. >>> the question remains, what do you do with all of this information? scott minor, chief investment officer is here. sorry about my rant with john. i was agreeing with john under a way about that. you're a guy that does numbers for a reason. you are more right than anybody out there on your economic calls. calls to the bond market et cetera. what do you make of this deficit fight in d.c.? it seems like a shell game. >> look, have you hit the nail on the head. this is a spending problem, an tax problem. taxes ever depressed because of the cyclical slow down in the economy that we normally expect. the problem is that 23% of gdp plus or minor spending, that's well above the historical numbers and should be closer to 18%. >> how does all of this affect your predictions for 2013? >> well, i mean, look, i think it tells us that the only policy that really matters at this point, is monetary policy. because
>> exactly. >> help me. >> help us help you help us. thank you for helping, steve. >> my pleasure. >> that clears sthings things up. not. >>> the question remains, what do you do with all of this information? scott minor, chief investment officer is here. sorry about my rant with john. i was agreeing with john under a way about that. you're a guy that does numbers for a reason. you are more right than anybody out there on your economic calls. calls to the...
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stay with us. . if you made a list of countries from around the world... ...with the best math scores. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards across the nation. let's get back to the head of the class. let's solve this. [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. see your lexus dealer. >>> welcome back. the rumors are out about a microsoft tablet. they have been swirling. here's what we do know ahead of tonight's 6:30 p.m. announcement about the company. whatever it is, it won't involve barnes & noble. there was speculation the two would co-produce a new tablet or e-reader. would it be a gang changer because it would possibly integrate with x-box? in either case, they're late to the market. gentlemen, it's great to see you. brian, you say microsoft is too late to the party on this one is this. >> yeah. i think when you look at what apple has done, t
stay with us. . if you made a list of countries from around the world... ...with the best math scores. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards across the nation. let's get back to the head of the class. let's solve this. [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. see your lexus dealer. >>> welcome back. the rumors are out about a...
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thank you for joining us today. the washington post's jennifer rubin. >>> this is wall street's fear gate. i believe it has seen the steepest drop today since june. down 14%. back below the 20 mark. you can see the dow is slightly about 13,000 again. i think the nasdaq is back -- there you go, back at 3,000 exactly. it feels as if the mark set feeling they are putting faith in a deal getting done before the deadline cracks over our heads. >> what is the "street signs" motto? >> hopium. >> no. >> oh, everything's fine. >> right. and the vix is saying. >> everything's fine. >>. we have other mottos. >> most not fit for a family show. >> what will 2013 bring for housing and poor people of pairs? we will explain what that is when "street signs" returns. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward
thank you for joining us today. the washington post's jennifer rubin. >>> this is wall street's fear gate. i believe it has seen the steepest drop today since june. down 14%. back below the 20 mark. you can see the dow is slightly about 13,000 again. i think the nasdaq is back -- there you go, back at 3,000 exactly. it feels as if the mark set feeling they are putting faith in a deal getting done before the deadline cracks over our heads. >> what is the "street signs"...
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that's the power of all of us. that's the power of all of us. that's the membership effect of american express. departure. hertz gold plus rewards also offers ereturn-- our fastest way to return your car. just note your mileage and zap ! you're outta there ! we'll e-mail your receipt in a flash, too. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. >>> economists and market types will be waiting for the jobs report on friday. the economists will be able to blather about it, but no one can trade on it because the markets closed. why such a crucial report out when the market can't react to it? my pal james cramer wants an answer. >> hey larry, let me ask you something. you ever wonder how out of touch this labor department is with modern-day america? it's not the sanctity of an important religious holiday. what makes me make this charge on your show? despite the fact that the stock market is closed, correctly, to allow people to observe good friday, the labor department is choosing to issue the most important statistic it compiles,
that's the power of all of us. that's the power of all of us. that's the membership effect of american express. departure. hertz gold plus rewards also offers ereturn-- our fastest way to return your car. just note your mileage and zap ! you're outta there ! we'll e-mail your receipt in a flash, too. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. >>> economists and market types will be waiting for the jobs report on friday. the economists will be able to blather about...
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so talk to us. why do people think then that deposit money is being used to take on huge risk when the depositors don't know what that risk is. >> if you really did believe that argument, and broke up the banks into what they used to look like, they would like like chemical bank or s and l's that were deposit guarantee. these banks took on a lot of risk, we all did. you have not eliminated the problem but doing any of this. the taxpayer is still on the hook if something goes wrong, and i'm not sure that's the lugs. -- solution. >> so what happens then if something goes young and the bank needs a bailout? >> the big banks talked about it and they have not filed a plan as i understand it, for a way to resolve through a bankruptcy top process, an orderly liquidation. i think there is a way to do that, but i think the main thing is that we have to be careful to overreact to this anger directed towards the banks, and think that the banks caused 100% of this problem. they didn't, they were part of it, but
so talk to us. why do people think then that deposit money is being used to take on huge risk when the depositors don't know what that risk is. >> if you really did believe that argument, and broke up the banks into what they used to look like, they would like like chemical bank or s and l's that were deposit guarantee. these banks took on a lot of risk, we all did. you have not eliminated the problem but doing any of this. the taxpayer is still on the hook if something goes wrong, and...
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that's what i used to do, too. so the company serves 5 million customers reportedly worth a billion dollars but has yet to turn a profit. take us through your vision. what's your take on the growth of the business? how do you make money? >> our core business is doing very, very well but because of the competitive industry we are in right now, the need for growth, the need for scale, we're continuously investing in new businesses, whether that's expanding into travel, home, other categories for us, or whether it's investing more in technology that keeps us on the forefront. mobile shopping is key for us, is a huge form of how people are shopping on our site today. investing further in the use of data to make our experience the most personalized shopping experience on the web is really key to how we move forward as a business. >> so you're a founder of gilt but you've held many individual jobs. want to talk a bit about your resume. you've been a ceo, head of marketing, e-mail customer support. how has that diversity
that's what i used to do, too. so the company serves 5 million customers reportedly worth a billion dollars but has yet to turn a profit. take us through your vision. what's your take on the growth of the business? how do you make money? >> our core business is doing very, very well but because of the competitive industry we are in right now, the need for growth, the need for scale, we're continuously investing in new businesses, whether that's expanding into travel, home, other...
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we have stanley kurtz with us. your message is obama is in fact going to rob the suburbs to pay the city. in brief, stanley, how does he do that as president? >> well, larry, there's a practice called regional tax base sharing that obama would like to spread to every metropolitan region in the country. this is where all the suburbs in a metropolitan area have to kick in a big chunk of their tax money and that gets redistributed to cities. ohio has a lot of folks that would like to see that practice come to the state. >> cleveland, right? maybe even hamilton county, which is cincinnati which has its urban problems. >> that's right. but they're centered around the northeastern area around cleveland. they made a good run at it and came close in the legislature in 2009. >> that's what i wanted to get at. i have no correct you're right about president obama's hidden agenda. but at the end of the day, if these states and localities don't want to do that, they don't have to do that. in 2010, the tea party stopped tax shar
we have stanley kurtz with us. your message is obama is in fact going to rob the suburbs to pay the city. in brief, stanley, how does he do that as president? >> well, larry, there's a practice called regional tax base sharing that obama would like to spread to every metropolitan region in the country. this is where all the suburbs in a metropolitan area have to kick in a big chunk of their tax money and that gets redistributed to cities. ohio has a lot of folks that would like to see...
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they both join ugh us to break it down for us. john, we're all marveling in washington right now. >> the best deal would be if they got a deal that did something to correct the structural problems. but i think not going over the cliff is probably not good. it wouldn't have been that bad anyways. it would have gone back a day or two into the new year. >> what do you make of the market the fact it's up 140 points now and we don't have a deal yet? >> i think it's because the cliff talk was a bit like a magician's left hand. when he's doing the trick, he's distracting you with the left hand. i think things have been getting better internationally and domestically and we missed that because of what's going on with the cliff in washington. >> chris, what is it about the united states that makes you prefer international over domestic ones? >> first of all i agree with john that the u.s. market remains fairly attractive. the thing about international is a couple things. first of all, if you look at a broad index efa is stretched to the do
they both join ugh us to break it down for us. john, we're all marveling in washington right now. >> the best deal would be if they got a deal that did something to correct the structural problems. but i think not going over the cliff is probably not good. it wouldn't have been that bad anyways. it would have gone back a day or two into the new year. >> what do you make of the market the fact it's up 140 points now and we don't have a deal yet? >> i think it's because the...
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in fact, it took us a year to convince her to let us come along. she travels often, probing for facts, analyzing needs, measuring the misery. >> i have to be here to see it and to feel it and to understand, you know, what motivates these people. what is it that they're doing for their livelihood? unless i see it and feel it and touch it, i just don't feel like i can do the foundation justice in terms of what we're trying to accomplish. oh, she's gorgeous. >> what she's trying to accomplish here is saving lives at birth. in india alone, 1 million babies die every year before they're a month old. so i wonder which ladies in this audience have lost a child shortly after childbirth. >> [speaks foreign language] >> oh, look at that. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16-- it's a common experience in this village. >> yeah. >> very. [indistinct chatter] >> this is a great example of exactly how the foundation works. the foundation poured money into research to understand the problem. it found that by tradition,
in fact, it took us a year to convince her to let us come along. she travels often, probing for facts, analyzing needs, measuring the misery. >> i have to be here to see it and to feel it and to understand, you know, what motivates these people. what is it that they're doing for their livelihood? unless i see it and feel it and touch it, i just don't feel like i can do the foundation justice in terms of what we're trying to accomplish. oh, she's gorgeous. >> what she's trying to...
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>> with us to talk about that, ed is with us, antan financials. you're a sector of a specialized sector of financials. overall, what do you make of the rally that they have seen here lately? >> well, people have been related to europe, hence we get good headlines and unfortunately it's been index selling. people have been trading in groups. you have the regionals traded as a group and stock picking, which is my specialty, over the last couple of weeks, hasn't been that important although when it comes to the very small. >> and you like those regional banks, don't you? >> i like the fact that m and a is driven by all of the odd things. we have a slight yield curve which means revenue growth is tough. so really what you have is the bigger, healthier growth through cutting costs. >> the rumor is that we're going to get that downgrade from moody's but it may not be as bad as we thought. and we think it's going to be a two notch, not a three notch. do you think it happens at the close tonight? >> there's ground swell information flowing. it's been wide
>> with us to talk about that, ed is with us, antan financials. you're a sector of a specialized sector of financials. overall, what do you make of the rally that they have seen here lately? >> well, people have been related to europe, hence we get good headlines and unfortunately it's been index selling. people have been trading in groups. you have the regionals traded as a group and stock picking, which is my specialty, over the last couple of weeks, hasn't been that important...
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thanks for joining us. captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com [ticking] >> these deaths of children under five have come down substantially. 1960, it was 20 million children under the age of five that died. now it's 9 million children. that's still too many. >> a year. >> a year. [ticking] >> for people of a certain age, the name "howard hughes" conjures up a host of images: record-setting pilot, hollywood playboy, america's first billionaire, and then its most famous recluse. and even today, the hughes name and fortune live on in the howard hughes medical institute. give us some of the hughes greatest hits, some of the great discoveries. >> the discovery of the genes responsible for cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy, and a noninvasive test for colon cancer. [ticking] >> elissa montanti is unlike almost anyone we've ever met. with the help of some very charitable american doctors, she's changed the lives of more than 100 kids like this one, a boy from iraq who needed an arm, a leg, and an eye. >>
thanks for joining us. captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com [ticking] >> these deaths of children under five have come down substantially. 1960, it was 20 million children under the age of five that died. now it's 9 million children. that's still too many. >> a year. >> a year. [ticking] >> for people of a certain age, the name "howard hughes" conjures up a host of images: record-setting pilot, hollywood playboy, america's first billionaire, and then its...
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the ceo of toll brothers gives us his status check next. stay with us. so i test... a lot. do you test with this? freestyle lite test strips? i don't see... beep! wow! that didn't take much blood. yeah, and the unique zipwik tab targets the blood and pulls it in. so easy. yep. freestyle lite needs just a third the blood of onetouch ultra. really? so testing is one less thing i have to worry about today. great. call or click today and get strips and a meter free. test easy. >>> >>> welcome back. bob pisani on the floor of the new york stock exchange. big week for ipos. eight or nine of them going public this week. the big one is millennial. you ebel probably see a pop on this one. tonight i'm waiting for annie's foods. the important thing is the price talk was $14 to $16. now $16 to $18. the reason, whole foods showed the way on organic sales. they've done really well. look at the chart in the last few years. annie's, by the wake sells to whole foods. big trend there. >> thanks so much, bob. >>> playing the strong defense is the key element in the strategy of today's all-sta
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that's what got us in trouble. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground up. >> larry, we have excerpts from what bill clinton will say tonight. he's going to say if you want a winner-take-all, you're on your own society vote republican. if uh you want a society of shared prosperity and we are all in this together, vote for president obama. this convention will hear from elizabeth warren, the consumer advocate. that will be in prime time and attempt to help the democratic ticket and help elizabeth warren in the senate race which could be important on election day in november. >> many thanks, john harwood. we appreciate it. >>> now, despite his much lauded years in often president clinton's two years were characterized by a mixed bag of policy offerings. welfare reform, cutting the tax on capital gains, cutting spending. with the help of republican congress, i might add. the cons, significant. the expansion of fannie mae, freddie mac and hud, allowing banks to balloon balance sheets. clinton may
that's what got us in trouble. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground up. >> larry, we have excerpts from what bill clinton will say tonight. he's going to say if you want a winner-take-all, you're on your own society vote republican. if uh you want a society of shared prosperity and we are all in this together, vote for president obama. this convention will hear from elizabeth warren, the consumer advocate. that will be in prime time and attempt to help the...
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joining us, kayla, john. google avoiding billions in income taxes using the double irish dutch sandwich strategy. smart move or a corporate tax dodge? kayla, you go first. >> it is one thing to keep the cash you make abroad in receptacles abroad. i know pfizer does that and inger sol rand and even cisco even does that. >>> the pretax prove it to bermuda, i think that's a little bit shady. that could be invested here for sure. >> we have been hearing these complaints lately. starbucks has been brought up before parliament in the uk to answer questions about why they are not keeping their tax money at home. the reason is, the tax rates are too high on corporate profit. bring them down and the taxes will stay at home and you won't have it problem at all. >> yeah, i think the real underlying problem is the bad state of the u.s. tax code that forces people it take advantage of things that are legal if not necessarily patriotic. >> these companies are following the rules. nobody is accusing them even of breaking ru
joining us, kayla, john. google avoiding billions in income taxes using the double irish dutch sandwich strategy. smart move or a corporate tax dodge? kayla, you go first. >> it is one thing to keep the cash you make abroad in receptacles abroad. i know pfizer does that and inger sol rand and even cisco even does that. >>> the pretax prove it to bermuda, i think that's a little bit shady. that could be invested here for sure. >> we have been hearing these complaints lately....
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giving it to us first. >> it's positive outlook. i was excited after 8:30 when the trade numbers came out and gdp revised up to almost 2.5% and then no sooner putting the note out we had wholesale inventory data which literally offset the trade new it is opposite way and back near 1.5%. however, the mix in growth is a lot better, meaning that the lower trade deficit combined with lower inventories lifts final demand almost a point in q2 and sets in motion a better base or liftoff point for this quarter. so even though the numbers ultimately didn't do a lot in agree gait, tte, the details lo good. >> we have inconsistent number tons economy in the past month or so. were you surprised, actually, that the mix improved as much as it has? >> not really. we had a number around 2% and cut the numbers in light of much weaker data. >> right. >> what surprised me is how the job market, the claims number which we got this morning continue to drift lower. people thought it was all due to the auto shutdowns in july. maybe that was the case but r
giving it to us first. >> it's positive outlook. i was excited after 8:30 when the trade numbers came out and gdp revised up to almost 2.5% and then no sooner putting the note out we had wholesale inventory data which literally offset the trade new it is opposite way and back near 1.5%. however, the mix in growth is a lot better, meaning that the lower trade deficit combined with lower inventories lifts final demand almost a point in q2 and sets in motion a better base or liftoff point...
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rick santelli has joined us, steve liesman is with us as well. we have economists with us in addition to diane swank we have the good economists on the bad and the bad economists -- you guys look alike. zandy, you were way too optimistic again, right? >> yeah. yeah. i'm very disappointed, yeah. there's nowhere to hide on this one. i was wrong all the way around. the only thing i can hang my hat on is the big declines in construction which doesn't seem consistent with much and anything. maybe there's some weather pay back. it looks like the economy has throttled back, i was just wrong. >> austen, i waited till you left government to start being right about everything. this is incredible. >> i was right all along. whatever i said i stand by it. >> this is not a good time to be right. >> exactly, this is not a good time to be right but what we got is the economy has slowed down. you saw that in the numbers. and if the economy's growing slower than productivity, nobody has to hire anybody to grow that fast. they can get that from their existing worke
rick santelli has joined us, steve liesman is with us as well. we have economists with us in addition to diane swank we have the good economists on the bad and the bad economists -- you guys look alike. zandy, you were way too optimistic again, right? >> yeah. yeah. i'm very disappointed, yeah. there's nowhere to hide on this one. i was wrong all the way around. the only thing i can hang my hat on is the big declines in construction which doesn't seem consistent with much and anything....
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thank you for joining us. you've been critical of the obama policy and what they have done to the u.s. economy. what about what bill clinton just said about dealing with this in 2013? >> well, i think the president is unfortunately right. nothing will get solved until after the election. listening to your interview, i thought you asked the right question, which is how much of it is dealing with europe and how much of it is the president's policies? and i think harvard professor robert had it right in "the wall street journal." we're experiencing lower than expected growth because the president is largely adapting policies of spending more money and not doing anything to help the private economy. >> uh-huh. what do you think about that, robert? and what's your take on president clinton's view of the fiscal cliff? >> well, i think he's right. there is tremendous danger. the likely outcome is going to be delay. that's not necessarily going to be good for the economy. that uncertainty with uncertainty over europe
thank you for joining us. you've been critical of the obama policy and what they have done to the u.s. economy. what about what bill clinton just said about dealing with this in 2013? >> well, i think the president is unfortunately right. nothing will get solved until after the election. listening to your interview, i thought you asked the right question, which is how much of it is dealing with europe and how much of it is the president's policies? and i think harvard professor robert had...
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we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did...
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he told us that he added to his position in wells fargo. buffett has also been touting real estate saying that housing is picking up. today we found out new home sales surged, their highest level in nearly 2 1/2 years. >>> facebook. when is the last time we said that? the stock is up 20% today after earnings beat expectations and mark zuckerberg talked up their progress on monetizing mobile. >> hallelujah! might not be the last person after all. >>> we here on "street signs" are seeing signs of life, but is the fed? they're just minutes away from announcing their latest rate decision. let's bring in bill gross, pimco's co-cio and founder. always great to have you on our show. what do you think the fed is thinking and feeling about the economy right now and do you agree? >> well, i think the fed is looking at a slow economy, perhaps 1% to 2% real growth. i think at this meeting, that many members are trying to agree on a rule based approach that differs a little bit from an inflation target at 2% and differs a little bit from lowering unempl
he told us that he added to his position in wells fargo. buffett has also been touting real estate saying that housing is picking up. today we found out new home sales surged, their highest level in nearly 2 1/2 years. >>> facebook. when is the last time we said that? the stock is up 20% today after earnings beat expectations and mark zuckerberg talked up their progress on monetizing mobile. >> hallelujah! might not be the last person after all. >>> we here on...
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i don't think we see qe 3 and i don't think bernanke uses it to push it higher, i think he uses it as a protection against calamity. it is certainly not to make it higher than it is today. >> rick santelli, what are your expectations for tomorrow? >> i think my expectations are for about a $160,000 number tomorrow, and i think the floor is lower around 140. steve leisman says quantitative easing is coming to matter what the data says, i think it's hard to handicap equities, but i think interest rates will be creeping higher near that 180 level. >> i don't know if you heard leisman earlier, he thinks it's coming regard less because bernanke is sees it as way too grave. what does that mean for yields? >> we had a pretty reasonable number sort november mind. to us, the fed needs to sit back and digest a little of the data coming in. i also tend to think if you look at the last time there was a qe postjackson hole, it was not the next meeting, it was much, much later. so the idea that they will do something is revisionist history. i think they will be in wait and see moment, thinking abou
i don't think we see qe 3 and i don't think bernanke uses it to push it higher, i think he uses it as a protection against calamity. it is certainly not to make it higher than it is today. >> rick santelli, what are your expectations for tomorrow? >> i think my expectations are for about a $160,000 number tomorrow, and i think the floor is lower around 140. steve leisman says quantitative easing is coming to matter what the data says, i think it's hard to handicap equities, but i...
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>> energy us a one. and i think it was said earlier on that investment has been one of the missing ingredients here. >> we'll be right back with details from india. busy in here. yeah. progressive mobile is... [ "everybody have fun tonight" plays ] really catching on! people can do it all! get a quote, buy and manage your policy! -[ music stops ] -it's great! well, what's with the... -[ music resumes ] -music? ♪ have fun tonight dude. getting a car insurance quote. i'll let it go to voicemail. [ clears throat ] ♪ everybody wang chung tonight ♪ putting it on vibrate. [ cell phone vibrates ] -[ loud vibrating ] -it'll pass. [ vibrating continues ] our giant store and your little phone. that's progressive mobile. >>> s&p 500 would be implied to open by five, dow by almost 50 and nasdaq by 15. largely consistent with the kind of trading we've seen across europe and much of asia this morning. china gears up for a once in a tech and i had leadership change, dirty laundry is being aired over it country le
>> energy us a one. and i think it was said earlier on that investment has been one of the missing ingredients here. >> we'll be right back with details from india. busy in here. yeah. progressive mobile is... [ "everybody have fun tonight" plays ] really catching on! people can do it all! get a quote, buy and manage your policy! -[ music stops ] -it's great! well, what's with the... -[ music resumes ] -music? ♪ have fun tonight dude. getting a car insurance quote. i'll...
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because today it's about all of us. and no matter who you are, you're the commander-in-chief of your own life. ♪ >>> incredible intrusion into your personal freedom. vermont senator the leading democrat sponsoring this bill denies supporting his own bill. what happened? did he miss the part about rights? we have ckathrine mangaward thi is really something. don't need a search warrant to go into your e-mails. in fact you don't even need prob probable cause. this would be an incredible violation of rights. >> if the whole thing aren't such a mess this would be funny. he wants to read our e-mails without a warrant. the reason this bill is being messed around with right now is it was supposed to be dealt with in september but they were worried that it would be harder to read e-mails. let me just read some of the federal aid. krong but all they have to do is declare an emergency and get a subpoena and go in and read your e-mails. tell me why the local authorities don't like this. this is the version they like. what they di
because today it's about all of us. and no matter who you are, you're the commander-in-chief of your own life. ♪ >>> incredible intrusion into your personal freedom. vermont senator the leading democrat sponsoring this bill denies supporting his own bill. what happened? did he miss the part about rights? we have ckathrine mangaward thi is really something. don't need a search warrant to go into your e-mails. in fact you don't even need prob probable cause. this would be an incredible...
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>> i'm using my daughter. when she got her apartment, the first thing she asked for was a keurig coffee maker. as we went to look at one, and i did work on it, i went out and bought the stock. but here's the critical component of it, first of all, they brought in a new board of directors. the ex-ceo of fortune brands. they brought in a new ceo who had responsibility for 66,000 employees at coke. and has very broad experience. i got to believe they did an examine of the financials and on the growth of the company before they agreed to sign on. i want to make this in terms that most people can understand. the short interest is incredibly high, it is about 35% of the flow. so they don't need much good news. by the way, the company has outperformed expectations over the last three quarters. finally, it's a razor and blade business. and their contracts with starbucks, with dunkin, they just signed one with costco, are multi-year. i'm not worried about starbucks taking the business. i still think it is attractive. w
>> i'm using my daughter. when she got her apartment, the first thing she asked for was a keurig coffee maker. as we went to look at one, and i did work on it, i went out and bought the stock. but here's the critical component of it, first of all, they brought in a new board of directors. the ex-ceo of fortune brands. they brought in a new ceo who had responsibility for 66,000 employees at coke. and has very broad experience. i got to believe they did an examine of the financials and on...
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what can you tell us about that? >> i would just tell you the senate -- when i got here the senate worked very well. everybody could offer amendments. they were respectful of the amendments they offered. they knew if they took advantage of it, there would be consequences in terms of people not voting for their amendments. we've lost quality leadership in the senate, and harry reid's answer to that is change the rules, and if he changes the rules, he will have totally defeated our founder's purpose of creating a senate where minority rights are protected, and -- and what that will do is that will create two houses of congress rather than a house and a senate, and it just says majority rules with an iron fist. >> so you're going to fight it. >> well, i would tell you, my hope would be that if he carries out his threat, the senate will be shut down until he restores the rights of the minority because that's what our founders did. the reason they did a bicameral legislature and set it up to protect minority rights in the
what can you tell us about that? >> i would just tell you the senate -- when i got here the senate worked very well. everybody could offer amendments. they were respectful of the amendments they offered. they knew if they took advantage of it, there would be consequences in terms of people not voting for their amendments. we've lost quality leadership in the senate, and harry reid's answer to that is change the rules, and if he changes the rules, he will have totally defeated our...
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so, pete, just tell us why do you think that that option strategy that michael is using is a winning strategy for the person who is watching? >> absolutely. i mean, there's almost no long stock that i own, scott, and to the point i love the fact that you're saying that that is what, one of the ways you're implementing and actually creating that much more yield for yourself because it is exactly right. it's out there and when the opportunities are there on thes on the big explosive moves and you can sell some of that upside against potentially stepping inside of what is a difficult market like today, it adds to your portfolio. and hats off to you. i'm hearing more and more folks come on here talking about how they are manipulating themselves into positions and able to yield themselves far better or at least get into positions that they never would have been able to get into before. >> michael, got to give you quickly the last word. follow up on that, if you would. >> appreciate the comments, pete. you know, it is getting more and more challenging to find income. i think high yield is
so, pete, just tell us why do you think that that option strategy that michael is using is a winning strategy for the person who is watching? >> absolutely. i mean, there's almost no long stock that i own, scott, and to the point i love the fact that you're saying that that is what, one of the ways you're implementing and actually creating that much more yield for yourself because it is exactly right. it's out there and when the opportunities are there on thes on the big explosive moves...
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jim dunagan joins us. that number that i gist quoted, how does that compare to last year's costs of buying all the items? >> for the true cost of christmas, we're up 4.8% this year and if you bought all of the items, 6.1%. >> what's been driving the rise? cost of food and feeding geese? >> culprits were the six geese and the seven swans a swimming were up the most, and that was due to the drought we had in the united states that pushed up feed prices and also energy. and gold rings were up 16% this year. >> is there anything in there that has actually got cheaper over the year? >> this is one year that in fact nothing has gone down this year. so we had six items which were flat, but the balance were all up. good news is that the maids a milking were flat as were the ladies dancing and lords of leaping all saw no increase this year. >> does that reflect the fact that wages haven't really done enough? flat wages? >> if we look at the overall wages in the index, they're bup 1.7%. drummers and pipers went up 5
jim dunagan joins us. that number that i gist quoted, how does that compare to last year's costs of buying all the items? >> for the true cost of christmas, we're up 4.8% this year and if you bought all of the items, 6.1%. >> what's been driving the rise? cost of food and feeding geese? >> culprits were the six geese and the seven swans a swimming were up the most, and that was due to the drought we had in the united states that pushed up feed prices and also energy. and gold...
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we need bold experimentation fdr used. obama aids tell me they are going to do more to sketch out the path forward in a second term. not a policy list. it's not a state of the union speech. he'll try to give americans the sense of what they will get if they are patient. where he's going to take the country on policy. we'll see if this last night of the democratic convention can be as successful as the first two. i talked to a republican congressman today. they said their convention is better than ours. the question is whether it matters. >> john, let me ask you. does he refer directly to fdr in the speech and say we are going to have experimentation? >> yes. he does. he also says that people in the democratic party need to recognize that ideas they may have worked in the past don't work. trying to strike a little bit of the new democrat theme that bill clinton used where he challenged the party and said party orthodoxy may not be the right thing. he's done it on free trade but it was mostly rhetorical. he hasn't gotten a l
we need bold experimentation fdr used. obama aids tell me they are going to do more to sketch out the path forward in a second term. not a policy list. it's not a state of the union speech. he'll try to give americans the sense of what they will get if they are patient. where he's going to take the country on policy. we'll see if this last night of the democratic convention can be as successful as the first two. i talked to a republican congressman today. they said their convention is better...
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he'll use that to wax his yacht. that's not like a lot of money for larry ellison. >> people have been saying this is a big deal, but isn't that what you want to have the chairman have the same as the shareholders? >> are they saying it's a degreedy ellison? the dividend at oracle is not why you buy the stock. >> i don't know how you win. you want the top executives to get the same. >> less than three quarter of a percent yielder. anyway, our next guest is one of the world's highest profile whistle blowers. michael woodford was president and ceo of japan's olympus corporation. his dream job turned in to a nightmare when he discovered the company had hidden more than $1 million in investment losses. he has a new book out called exposure. you had been at the company for a while but you were not the president and ceo. >> i'd been with the company for three decades. but became president on the first of april and was fired as president and ceo on the 14th of october. so 6 1/2 months. >> was it the previous ceo that orches
he'll use that to wax his yacht. that's not like a lot of money for larry ellison. >> people have been saying this is a big deal, but isn't that what you want to have the chairman have the same as the shareholders? >> are they saying it's a degreedy ellison? the dividend at oracle is not why you buy the stock. >> i don't know how you win. you want the top executives to get the same. >> less than three quarter of a percent yielder. anyway, our next guest is one of the...
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break it down for us. which companies are most effected by this trigger. >> the most impacted companies within my coverage fall within the government services space. they include mantac international, cic international and booz allen and hamilton. the least impacted companies include boeing, fleer systems and harris corporation. and as you'll note, the least impacted firms have more product in the portfolio. most impacted companies are more services-oriented. >> so, these are the least effected. so, who's most? i mean, you know, we saw fedex come out and lower guidances, a handful of big companies that are surprising investors. caterpillar for one just a few minutes ago. are you expecting more of that? >> implications on the defense side are going to be more macro-related to the funding profile from the budget. and i do expect that you will see, as we move into a calendar year '13 guide, that the expectation will be set lower than what the current estimates are calling for. now, will we necessarily see acr
break it down for us. which companies are most effected by this trigger. >> the most impacted companies within my coverage fall within the government services space. they include mantac international, cic international and booz allen and hamilton. the least impacted companies include boeing, fleer systems and harris corporation. and as you'll note, the least impacted firms have more product in the portfolio. most impacted companies are more services-oriented. >> so, these are the...
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thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much, sue. thank you. >> talk to me about demand, because there have been several speakers at the forum who predicted sharply higher prices for gold. one of them this morning or yesterday afternoon talking about a $5,000 mark on gold. are you as bullish on that? >> well, i think we will hit $5,000, just a matter of when. in the shorter term, i think certainly $2,000 is very likely, given political uncertainty and what's happening across both the u.s. or north america and europe. so i'm more likely talking about 2000 in the short term. >> what about demand versus supply. are you actively finding new supplies? if so, where and how much is it costing you to extract that metal, given the price of gold right now? >> well, i think first thing to say is supply has been very tough. it's tough to get access to areas that have gold. mines currently operating are mature so production has been tough to improve upon. so across the industry it has been very flat for the last seven or eight years and it is pro
thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much, sue. thank you. >> talk to me about demand, because there have been several speakers at the forum who predicted sharply higher prices for gold. one of them this morning or yesterday afternoon talking about a $5,000 mark on gold. are you as bullish on that? >> well, i think we will hit $5,000, just a matter of when. in the shorter term, i think certainly $2,000 is very likely, given political uncertainty and what's happening across...
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send us your comments. with e eel get them on the air. that does it for us. see you tomorrow from d.c. i hope you will follow me on google plus and twitter. send us questions you want answered from the senators we have with us from washington. tweet the questions and we'll get them on the air. "fast money" begins after the break. stay with cnbc. see you tomorrow. have a great night. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ and the next great idea could be yours. high schools in six states enrolled in the national math and science initiative... ...which helped students and teachers get better results in ap courses. together, they raised ap test scores 138%. just imagine our potential... ...if the other states joined them. let's
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hey, larry, what do you have for us? >>> jimmy, we are getting breaking news on the apple samsung verdict. jon fortt is inside the courtroom. stay tuned. we're going to bring you the verdict as it comes in. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." the other top story tonight, just days before mitt romney takes to the stage in tampa, a desperate attempt by the liberal media and the obama campaign to paint romney as a birther after this remark. >> no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know this is the place where we were born and raised. >> he has since said he meant it as a joke, but it is a rather pointed joke, isn't it? here's what he told me back in april 2011. >> i think the citizenship test has been passed. i believe the president was born in the united states. >> all right. so the obama attack dog team will do just about anything to keep attention away from 8.2% unemployment, a fiscal cliff that will lead to a recession and 2 million more jobs lost. we exposed the broken
hey, larry, what do you have for us? >>> jimmy, we are getting breaking news on the apple samsung verdict. jon fortt is inside the courtroom. stay tuned. we're going to bring you the verdict as it comes in. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." the other top story tonight, just days before mitt romney takes to the stage in tampa, a desperate attempt by the liberal media and the obama campaign to paint romney as a birther after this remark....
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